NATO's European debt crisis due to "downsizing" to be streamlining and job cuts.

<P> NATO defense ministers meeting from 10 to 11, held at NATO headquarters in Brussels. .Meeting of the three issues is the transfer of Afghan defense, missile defense and NATO reform. .Among them, the country's military spending and NATO institutions "downsizing" the defense minister who is a hot topic. .</ P> <P> debt crisis in Europe, European countries have announced austerity measures to drastically reduce all expenditures, including military spending. .NATO and the United States is very much disturbed. .U.S. worried about military action in Afghanistan, NATO will therefore hastily, without fruit and without end; NATO is worried that military operations will be stretched again, powerless. .NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the financial crisis of the defense budget of all the NATO allies face "enormous pressure", some of its allies have begun to cut military spending, while some of its allies prepared to "follow up", so the next few years, countries .military spending will certainly be substantially reduced. .But Rasmussen warned: "Our job is to protect the safety of all citizens of its allies, which means that you must spend enough money on defense. Excessive military spending cuts, would endanger the future security of NATO countries." U.S. Secretary of Defense cover .Courts have repeatedly warned the European allies not to cut military spending too much. .</ P> <P> Rasmussen said that Secretary of Defense this country has reached three agreements: one should "cut fat, not less muscle." .Expenses can be reduced, but the defense capabilities can not be reduced; the second is not as cut as a sausage to cut military spending a priority to ensure that military operations; Third, all allies in reducing military action must be coordinated to ensure the defense capability is not impaired. .However, on the reduction of the amount, governments have their own plan. .</ P> <P> how NATO bodies "downsizing", and good use of existing budgets, but also finance ministers of the discussion. .An annual budget of NATO headquarters about 20 million euros, half of which for military action, the other half for infrastructure, business and daily management. .As early as two months ago, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and other nine members of a joint letter to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, asked NATO to prepare a fixed cut from the current 17,000 to 13,000 people. .They criticized the NATO headquarters of the Commission under the lot, as many as 400, many for the legacy of the Cold War. .They also called for NATO to use the money wisely, give full play to the effectiveness of the existing budget. .British Defense Secretary Fox said: "We want to see a more effective and easy-to-NATO." </ P> <P> to make NATO "leaner", "more efficient" and "more money" .Rasmussen presented a number of defense ministers to the reform program, and announced a number of recent reform measures have been decided. .These measures include: First, the various committees set up under NATO, from the current 400 to 100 cut; two cuts, fewer meetings; three suspended projects and deferred payment through other means, the budget in the next 4 years .1.5 billion euros in savings; Fourth, to strengthen the audit and eliminate waste. .It has been revealed, Rasmussen has even consider the 11 NATO headquarters now reduced to six. .These reforms will be in this year's defense ministers meeting in October to continue discussions, and submitted in November of this year's NATO summit in Lisbon approval. .</ P> <P> public opinion, at present, NATO is stepping up to the Taliban militants entrenched in the central region of cleaning up, increasing capital investment needs of military equipment. .At the same time, training Afghan soldiers and police action is also urgently needed funds. .But European countries rely on the United States in defense, but also in face of unprecedented debt crisis, a foregone conclusion that the unilateral reduction in defense spending, which inevitably impact on the situation of the war in Afghanistan. .Moreover, NATO is currently under discussion to the existing anti-missile system in Europe to expand and upgrade, if the debt crisis continues to worsen in Europe, anti-missile system project may also be affected. .In addition, the NATO headquarters in disrepair, NATO has plans to spend 1.5 billion euros new headquarters building, the facade project may also be postponed. .</ P>.